Arts In Your Classroom 2015
13th Annual Teachers Conference

Saturday, March 7, 2015, 9 a.m. -
4 p.m.

We are pleased to announce our 13th Annual Arts in Your
Classroom Teachers Conference for 2015. The conference will engage K-8
educators in a series of hands-on arts integration workshops, inspirational
presentations, and opportunities to network with educators, peers, and artists.

This
year, the conference will focus on: designED. Design thinking in a K-8
setting cultivates 21st century learning communities by encouraging and
supporting risk-taking, empathy, and creative problem-solving. This
methodology invites teachers and students to identify complex challenges and
create solutions that can impact the world beyond their classroom walls. Our conference goal is to provide an empowering design thinking toolkit that
educators can take back to their classrooms to cultivate the sort of creativity
and critical thinking that possesses the power to shape worlds.

We are pleased to announce that Maureen Carroll of Lime Design will deliver this year’s keynote presentation. Carroll will introduce our theme of design thinking by guiding participants through the prototype-driven, human-centered innovation process. We will focus on developing empathy, imagining new solutions, and creating prototypes in a hands-on and high-energy design challenge. This approach, which has energized business innovation, can be applied to K-12 education with considerable impact. Participants will gain an understanding of the design process, build creative confidence to solve problems of practice within their local settings, and grow their capacity for developing 21st-century learners.

Timeline for the day:

9:00-9:20: Registration @ Carriage House Pavilion

9:30-
10:30: Opening Remarks and Keynote

10:30-12:30: Workshop Session

12:30-1:30: Lunch

1:30-3:30
Workshop Session

3:30-4:00
Closing Remarks, Raffle and
Reception

Upon registration, please sign up for one AM workshop and one PM workshop. The same five workshops are offered in both time periods. Choose from:

QUILT SQUARE CHALLENGE

How do we get to know our
students, make our content relevant, and begin to understand their personal
stories? How can we use design and artistic practice to foster the process? In this
challenge, we will unravel the historical and contemporary stories stitched
into quilts. Touching upon the history of the Amish and the Underground
Railroad, this workshop will begin to look at quilting as a language. Participants
will be challenged to design and create quilt squares reflective of narratives
and personal stories while learning about design, color and shapes as well as
applicable math and ELA standards. Ideal for K-2nd grade classrooms
and adaptable for older students.

BALANCE BY DESIGN

Friction, resistance, gravity, and
more, this workshop will explore the use of force and Newton’s Laws within the
creative process. Leveraging the principals of physics, Andy Goldsworthy fuses
art and science in his precariously balanced and elegant works of art. Participants
will be challenged to design and build their own sculpture through a
collaborative hands-on rock balancing activity deeply rooted in science
standards. Ideal for 2nd-5th grade teachers.

RECYCLED TOY CHEST

Repurposing
with a purpose, attendees of this workshop will take recycled materials and
design another object with it: make a milk jug a toy! Participants will
exercise their creativity and practice important skills such as problem
solving, teamwork, critical thinking, adaptability, and communication and reference
real world scenarios while learning how to design, construct, and prototype
solutions. Established out of the Engineering and Design NGSS standards, this
workshop is most applicable to 4th and 5th grades.

EVERYONE’S AN INVENTOR

This workshop integrates design thinking methodology into an
exploration of computer controllers made from outrageously unexpected
materials. Participants will create working prototypes that connect to MakeyMakey devices (provided)
and computers to test their creations. Explore combining fun building
materials, simple circuitry, and conductivity in this art and engineering
design challenge. Established out of the Engineering
and Design NGSS standards, this workshop is most applicable to 5th-8th grades. NOTE: Please bring your own laptop!

MUSIC MAKERS

From gourds, bones, bamboo, and wood to dresser drawers,
washboards, and steel drums, people have been sourcing their environment to
make musical instruments throughout time. In this workshop, we will look at
those traditions and prototype our own out of natural and recycled materials.
Using mathematic proportions to set our tones and implementing division and
fractions as we learn to play, this content can be adapted to a range of ages
from K-6th grades.

For more information, call the Box Office at 408-961-5858 10am-4pm Monday-Friday.Service fees may apply and are non-refundable.Except during Presale dates, member discounts are only available through the Box Office. Box Office is open one hour prior to all show times.